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•— -r~—: —r ^ ; • J. ji : ! 12 ^ - - - —. — •\ " r^' v • ' ; -ni.T&wri: r*-. .'4| n^: ; ‘">1 VOL- XXII- -WA.- BANRWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY JANUARY a 1899. GOOD ADVICB TO Hmoe ICarketa. and Heir Methods Neoded—The Oovntry Cannot Be come Proayero— Alone A||rlcalt are. Hon. W. A. MnoCorkle, ex-GoTernor o! We«t Virginia, who made a nationa reputation for the great work which he did in the development, of Weet Virginia while Governor, contribu to the January number of the South era Farm Magazine, of Baltimore, an unuaualiy interesting and striking dis cussion of Southern farm conditions and how the agrloultairal interests*) the South can alone be made p.*os- Governor MaoGorkle says: "The farmer is not in a good way in the South. The totals of bis labor, taken as a whole, are enormous, but the farms, er is 'Bdt the gainer, and the South does not profit by her enormous yielda an she should. She is another exam pie of the proposition that a country cannot become rich and strong through agriculture alone. The loom, the reaper and the anvil must go together. Severed they but furnish the raw ma terial for other and more favored com munttles. Transportation, the factory and the farm under wise snd estab lished laws can make the South an industrial empire and the Southern farmer a mighty power In the world’s affairs." >' Discussing the situation, he says "Wo cannot live under such conditions as have existed. The Southern pro ducer must change the mmp raising of the staples and seek other products for his farm. He cannot do this as things stand with him today, for with a long haul and no close home market he cannot do otherwise than raise the staples of heavy farming. It needs no argument, but simply the rerexpreesion that of the statement that the glory .of the Southern farmer is to come through a change of methods looking to the dl- versttication of his product* we do" this V "There is one way, an that is, pnlarge our horizon, liberalize our laws, turn our faces to the East, welcome Eastern anA Northern capi tal. establish by the side of the water fall and in the midst of our cotton •Helds, enthrone on our iron mines and locate in the midst of our magnificent given by the Stark County bar asso ciation. Hon. W. A. Lynch, who was Judge Day’a law partner in their younger days, but who now devotes fils time principally to railroad managements, was master of ceremonies. Judge George E- Baldwin, one of the old. at jractltldners at the local bar and a very nttmate J friend of the guest of honor, delivered the welcoming addresf,’' to which Judge Day responded, and he paid a high tribute to the legal frater nity of Stark County, closing with an eloquent reference to President Mc Kinley, a member of the association, reciting his devoting to the country during the war and the incidents lead ing thereto. c?' S tors which took- himself ~and his ooi leagues to Paris: sgr fm forests the railroad and the factory. Discussing the farm situation in New Eng Is nd and the lessons to-be drawn from It by the South, Governor Mao- Corkle states that while In New Eng land' this bummer he made a careful investigation of the situation. By rea son of cheap Western land,' vast changes In the economics of transport tloa, greater fertility of soil, there was produced In New England tome years ago a tremendous farm depression. Great numbers of farmers, who had not been able to understand the change that was taking plaoe, abaudoned tue East and went West. They did not grasp the situation, and thought that if they could not profitably raise the cereals In competition with the West there was no life for the New England farmer; but in the last fifteen years a marvelous change has token place in the agricultural districts of New Eng land. They have found out that they cannot compete with the West in the growing of the heavier grains, in the raising of beef, bogs and sheep, and wisely they have turned to new fields of agriculture. The teeming manu facturing towns demand poultry, eggs, butter, fiults, vegetables'and the thou sand small fruits that can be profitably f rown adjacent to a great population. fie result is shown in a few illustra tions. In I86fi, the beef product of Massachusetts was (8,188,564; in 1885 it was 1718,932—n loss of fTOOo.OOO. But these figures, which seemed to indi cate a great destruction of the agricul tural interests of Massachusetts, were offset by the increase in milk, to which farmers turned their attention when they found the change that was taking dace, and in 1885 the talus of the milk roduot • was 110.312,762, while in 1865 was only $1,956,187—a gain of $8,356, B the 675, making up the having $1,000,000 to apar je* r - M !:i n loss on beef and ,re> And last roduot was In 1897 the value worth $16,000,000 , ~~ 1 ~T ~ Tirr— wl * product, due alcdoet altogether to toA^rowttFof manufac turing cities, was more, thanA16,000,- 000, while strawberries and 6t^b*rrles brought over $2,000,000. Notwithstanding the naturally poor soli of the New England States, the . highest acreage value*! farm products * of Improved lands Is found In Massa- 3— chusetu, Rhode Island and New Jer- aey, three States .in which you are > ~ never out of the sound of the wUrr of the wheels of the factory, while the lowest value of farm products |»r acre of Improved land is in the purely agri cultural States. Governor MacCorkle thtn Illustrates his point with one case, of which hundreds could be given, based on the establishment in his own State of a fzctorv employing eight hundred men, In°that community the result was an absolute change In the whole agricul tural situation. The boys instead of going west became operatives in the fectory, a town grew up, every class of n incorporatea dvantoges will liberalizing of lital, manufac- will not come except In incorporated form. Mere natural advan no$ auffloe. With tee our laws will oome capital torietM(hr*iirMdst wite tew railroad# and mannfaptories will oome the frui tion of tfie hope# of tbs Southern farm er. Under oar soft sky he will see around film tew waving of tfieoorn, the nodding beads of tee cotton bolls, mingled with the orchard, to gladden and delight the small farmer. The soot from the manufactories will fall the green land, ond the whirr of wheel will gladden and delight .. —„ valley. The rush of the locomo tive will bring to us the civilizing in*, fluence of other lends, and amidst his RECORD OF TMi DISPENSARY. THE COUNTT COURT SYSTEM. pn the w every snnlil crops the Southern farmer MM . will dwell in happlnees which Is denied lor of The State Board of Control ._A._ FWll ExhlMt. of its History- Hunting for Places on the Board.'' Col. T. Larry Gantt, of tee Spartan burg Evealag Star, haa been to Colum bia recently, aad toll! at tee capital. 1 Great interest is mknlfssted in what the Lagislature wlfF do about the dls penaary law, but, the general impres sion la that the present law will be left practically unchanged. The prohlbl tioniite throughout tee State are thor oughly organised and are confident of overthrowing the dispensary, but the the any other tiller of tee soil.” The Views of an Advtocate of Infe rior Courts When He Woe In the Legtstetnr* . • - • * . ,v: The Greenville Mountaineer. Oh the queetlon of oounty courts Hon. B. M. Shuman has submitted his views in the following form. Mr. Shu man has given much thought to the subject In ail its phases and his views are prepared with his accustomed thor oughness. When he wav a member of the Legislature he prepared a bill to establish oounty courts, but it was not introduced owing to a conflict with the nonstltntion which was teen in effect. system say the OUR RELATIONS WITH ENGLAND A Formal Alliance is Not Wanted— - Judge Day I Tells About the Work of the Peace Commission. Judg-o William R. Day, president of the peace commission at Paris and late secretory of state, received a warm welcome to his home in Canton, Ohio, which took the form of a banquet tes o: • decided maj is in no danger whatever State board of control, so re ,y, will make a statement to :islature that will produce a sensation.^ One of its lead- rs remarked to the Star it was Hgbt tee shtmid kno *" * “ institution men ’• Recognizing that there are certain matters which may not properly be discussed on an occasion of this kind, I thing I may nevertheless say something to my brethren o£the bar of the events which have occurredTfn tKeTperloTof ar separ "If I i were called upon to state the most gratifying circumstances of our foreign relations during the war, it would be In the uniformly cordial and hearty friendship of the English before and during the struggle. Observing the obligations of neutrality add never stepping outside of thw requirements of international law; we had the sym pathy and good will of that great power. I don’t believe either nation seeks or would be benefited by a for mal alliance. " Nevertheless, the existence of cor dial relations between people kindred by blood, speaking the same language and having, the same ideals of civil liberty and good government is a fact the potency Qf which can hardly be overestimated., " I have heed asked about the work of the commissioners viewed from a lawyer’s standpoint J thlnk I may say something to you about it. If in excess liter that it was Hgbt the people know the full workings of that iram tee day it opened fUL the preses * gathering facts and figures. 'They pro pose to sbpw just a bat the dispensary has done eacu year and Irhere every dollar received has been expended. They will show how the cost of liquor to the State has been largely reduced in spite of the fact that the tax Jhere- on has been increased 20 cents per gallon. They will also show that con stables ahd county dispensers alone afe costing $60,00Q a year, more than the salaries of every State official com bined, and mota than' South Carolina pays to maintain any three of her edu cational institutions. ' < - The members of t]t(e State hoard are managing the affairs oi the dispensary in a s.r&tgtrt-for ward, business-like manner and will court the most rigid investigation of their every transac tion. They will show hew they have A-lito dispensary up fanna .• Mr. Shyman says: "I believe that U is generally oon oeded in Greenville County that the courts of common pleas and general sessions have not the time to attend to all the business Coming before them. In consequence of this many cases are continued from term to term of these courts, and many civil cases stand for trial for a year or morn be fore they can ha reached. In fact In Greenville County the business men of the country are practically without a court for the trial of litigated case-, for It tokte nearly all the'timo that the circuit jU&Kee have to try the criminal cases, andiw great many of these where light offpnses are charged ,aro con tinned from term 'to term for want of timer "It Is the first duty of_ a civilized State to provide courts for its litigants, but in Greenville County this is hot* dope, because tour present sy-tem of courts Is Inadequate^ Disputed rights of property go untried, and dishonest litigants who.are in possession of the disputed property or money, avail themselves of the slowness of the courts, to enjoy and withhold property and rights to which they are not enti tled/ and honest litigants and suitors torn away from the courts In disgust, ostng venture to pay to the public school fund of our State 120,000 every month and besides an equal sum to the cities and counties. •[ It is a mistake about Governor Eller- be opposing> the dispensary or even de- . Three years ago he boarfat tfae'Eu-T 1 ^ subject gelburg mill, which has solved the matter for him in his old age. He was siring its control to be put back in the House eharge of the Stete Rouse offTcers. Governor- Ellerbe \.was elected on a clean eut dispensary issue, and he in tends to stand by tee pledges he) made the people, and stand by the present lawr He will probably recommend a few changes, but they will be imma terial. We receive this information from a gentleman in close touch with tee Governor. / There will be two now members of the State board to elect, one to succeed Mr. M. R. Cooper, and the other Mr. Douthit, whose term lias expired. There Is no doubt about Mi*. Doulhit’s re-election, for as Captain Webb, chief bookkeeper, remarked, "Douthit is the Corliss engine of the State board, and whenever there is any hard or dis agreeable work to do he voluntarily your case will have to~h»'continued to another term of court," and perhaps at the next term of court after weary waiting the same statement will be made to them. "The necessity for relief is apparent and pressing/Wd it seem To me that a county court, such as is contemplated by the present constitution, would be relief, circuits t this it | be-bsd- the relief give; be- more cir- sumes the task.” Mr. Simmons, of Coi- representa- nMPpiiw factory, a town grow uy, v.j ----- -- small farming gave the best reaulte, at least $100 » year of farm products was reoulred to feed the operatives, or $40,- ,>V Wi . 000 a^a^totaiT' The variety of products raised Included eggs, beane, pew. fruits, vegetables, melons, fruits ISd meny other articles. One farmer made $1,800 clear profit last year from hla melon crop, more than he had made in nil his life as a wheat and corn pro- 1 Another turned hi. attention and corn to poultry and .in ducer. sold 1 last year 1,800 chickens and $1,100 worth of truck. He points out J" secure these great benefits the South ern farmer must unite with the most nrncressive element in every com mnnifcv in securing wise legislation, to attract the attention of cnpitnllsu and •aUst their cooperation in the bulld- Ug of factories, the development of mines and she oonstructlou of rail- in dosing Governor MacCorkle "I IpSk with all sincerity and iJS'spik M unpalatable truth when Isay teat on< UlL .llhou. UtMUM It, J»r U.. roads* Capital for them of the ^proprieties .of the occasion I ask you to treat tv4ir w'profes sional confidence. On the 12th of Au gust the protocol of Washington was executed. It may be said to have been the preliminary contract whose final execution was to be em bod fed in the treaty. ‘‘As to Cuba,, Puerto Rico, minor West Indian Islands and an Island iln the Lzdrones. lt was capable of execu tion by a simple deed of cession of these Islands, except Cuba, where final re- linqulst^nent of Spanish sovereignty/ was required. T / As to the Philippine islands, theii* disposition, government and control was left for final determination in the treaty. I have often been asked how t was possible to make progress In a commission haring equal tlves from the two nations; "Whilst this fact did not prevent the fullest discussion, the United States laving made all the concessions which t believed just sad fair, waa obliged to Insist that its terms be accepted. he publications of the proceedings will show that nothing can be farther m the truth than to assume that the States adopted towards Spain a policy~hHa|and and deliver.’ ‘The American commissioners heard with respect anffepdeavored to answer wltn firmness every position advanced by the Spanish oommi88tba«J?or better, for worse, thrwork Of the oo! ere is done, and needs hut tee ratifies-' tion of the presldoos by and with the consent of the Senate, to become the supreme law in the land. It cannot be a matter of regret to any American hat the rising sftn of the new year be holds the ensign of our glorious re public .floating from the walls of Morro, where for so many years the royal ban ner of Spain has looked down upon so, much corruption, misery and shame:' Tonight not one foot of American soli remains under Spanish domination, and the people so long oppressed -are to have a new birth of freiedom. This is not the time nor place to discuss our policy in the far east. If this treaty should be ratified, it brings to the United States title to the archipelago to be dealt with as tee American peo ple In their wisdom may ape fit, In one thing 1 think wo are ail agreed that when the line of our duty has oeen determined, it must be discharged as becomes a great, free and liberty-lov ing nation. Whether or no, we have so willed, the days of our international isolation are past. It does not follow that the advice of the immortal Wash ington to avoid entangling alliances is less potent today than when tee words were written. • "The American eltisen has a right to go wherever trade and enterprise may legitimately seek an outlet for thcLjIroduO't of American thrift and industf}, and there must follow, if need be, the, overshadowing protection of the flag.” ' leton County, will also be a candidate, and he is very'blghly spoken of. The friends of Mr. Cole Blease, of New berry, say thgt he will also enter the race It is conceded that the contest for the 'superintendent of the peniten tiary lies between OoJL..NeaI and Mr. Griffith but there is not a shadow* of a doubt about Col. Neal’s re-electloh, and he will go In on the first ballot by a decisive majority.. Col. Neal has dis charged his duties satisfactorily, honestly, fearlessly and to the best in terest of the tax-payers of our State. 'In spite of the low price of cotton and the seed sprouting In the boll, reduc ing the grade of that staple raised on the State farm, and the further fact that the majority of the convicts are now given to the different counties, ^ ' Neal will turn into - the State best suited to give the deslr "Some have suggested m and - more- efroult judgesr seems to me would not give that a county court would esuse the only way in which cults would be of any benefit would be to give theclrcult judges more time and thus enable them to prolong the term of court in each county; but the terms of court in this and other large coun ties are already too long, both on ac count of the great strain which very long terms of court Impose on the judges, solicitor and other oflficerl of the court, and the increase in expense caused by long terms. "What we need is court more fre quently and .shorter terms. In this way the jail would bo cleared more fre quently and the expense of dieting prisoners qonflned in jail awaiting trial milling fourteen bushels per hour/and was receiving the rough rice from An- dereon, Pickens, Oconee, Greenville ‘Buff’ Spartanburg by rail road, and by wagon from all around. Col. Moore asked him about the cultivation and yield per acVe. Omitting what he said as to cultivation, he said two years ago Mr. Freeman and two negro tenants to plant an acre each. Mr. Freeman worked his rice, went to his cotton and corn, and stayed too long; that when he returned the rice was so poor a stand and so foul, that he wanted to plow It up sad plant- in com. He, however, worked it out, when it began to grow and branch-rout so that the stand seemed all right. In course of time he cut and shocked, like we do wheat. On tee acre he had one-i hundred and ninety dozen, which re quired a two-horse wagon to haul to the thresher in nine.loads. The yield was eighty bushels and ten loads of hay as good as fodder, some of which was sold a# fifty cents per hundred' pounds, and that the whole of it could have been •pU at the same price, if he Col treasury before the Legislature meets in cash; besides expending more $16,000 than that sum in permanent improve meets on the property. Col. Neal, every man in his oounty knows, Is one of the most progressive and successful farmers in the South, and he would not have accepted a State office' bpt for the fact that he eTanted to move- to some city where he could educate his large family of children. Cept. wnarton, of Laurens, is member of the hoard of penitentiary d Col. N directors and has opposed .Col. Neal for reelection. Capt. Wharton remarked to the editor of this paper: "A* every one knows’, I was elected to my against the I his open and avowed in fact, Col. Neal did all he present position Neal, and I was my ; , was my tee storm, while at home and storm go out and the rloh man at —The weather can stay weather. V • —It i# claimed that a new glass been Invented which is porous, will be vsry valuable In promoting vei Illation tentlon to become a candidate against blih for election, but after being as sociated with Col. Neal so long and in timately and closely, I have become one of hiis most ardent friends and staunchest supporters. It was my duty and Intent to watch Col. Neal’s every movement, and If there was anything wrong or crooked'about the manage ment of the State penitentiary to publish th«r facY,to the world;;hut I know whereof I speak when I assert that there never breathed a more fair- minded, honest, incorruptible and clear sighted business man than W. A. Neal. He watches the expenditure of every nlckle made from the State funds, and I know he has saved the tax payers the salary be has received ten times oyer. Gar board of direc tors is composed of honorable, high- minded and responsible business men and the entire madagemeat of the State penitentiary comes under our di rect supervision. If there had been anything crooked about the business since Col. Neal haa had charge of it we would have discovered and report ed the same, for It wasourdutv to look lato every transaction. Col. Neal has already been vindicated against the old aharges made against him by a un animous vote of the Legislature and this investigation will be clinched when he comes before the. ensuing sesssionrof the Legislature for endorse ment. I will not say vindication, for W. A. Neal has done nothing to de mand vindication." saved,-*and the pSjnoT vritneJB«4f*wotrld had had a taler. The other two acre* have done so much to encourage ex^ .whose qualifications for be very much reduced. Witnesses have to aitend the term ot court constantly from the beginning until the,case, in which they are summoned to attend has been tried, and this sometimes hap pens oner week from the beginning of the term, sometimes two and some times three weeks, the witnesses ail appearing on the first- day of the term and drawing pay every day until' the case in which thpy attend is disused of. At the last term of the court of eneral sessions here some witnesses rew pay'for three weeks. This im poses an enormous burden on the coun ty which would be very much relieved by shorter terms of court. The courts of general^ sessions and common pleas would not under the system of inter changing circuits by the judges sit morer.ireque.Qtlj than they do now even- A greater number of circuits, ■ r - "My Idea of a oounty court it that It should have jurisdiction in all crim inal cases except those given by the —It If said teat Secretary Hay owns an autograph copy of President Lin coln’s famous Gettysburg Speech. . —Senator Baker, of Kansaa, is a con tinual smoker and is rarely , seen with out a cigar or a pipe. present cbnstitution exclusively to the courtof general sessions, to wit: Mur der, manslaughter, raps, or attempt to rape, arson, common law burglary, bribery snd. perjury and except lar ceny, receiving stolen goods and breach of trust, where the amount alleged to be stolen or respecting which thena is test off'brcach °f trust exceeds one'hundred dollars, and that It should not be allow ed to impose a sentonceroxfiaa^lW^fa aei.JW» Ak hard-4ah« # 'fffWe State peni- j a .y tentiary ; and that It should have juris diction In all civil actions where the amount or property claimed does not ex ceed one thousand dollars, except that it should not have jurisdiction to try a casein chancery or to try the title to real estate. "It should be presided over by a judge paid a salary of from one thous and to twelve hundred dollars pdr year and should have a prosecuting attor ney at a salary of five hundred dollars per year. It should be a court of rec ord and should havqstated terms for the trial of cases once in each month. The constitution provides teat the juries In inferior courts shall be com posed of six men. The jury in a coun ty court would, therefore, have to be composed of six men, and all cases in suqh court will have/to be tried by a jury unless jury trial Is waived by the defendant In a criminal case ana the parties in a civil case. "A box should be provided In which the names of one thousand persofts qualified as jurors should bb placed curing January of taptrfe&r a3it> now provided for the courts of common pleas and general sessions and eighteen names should he drawn from this box once in each month and the persons to drawn summoned to attend the next regular term of the county court. Six challenges should be allowed the de fendant in eriminal eases and two to the State and in civil cases two to each side. The pay of witnesses and jurors should be fifty cents per day and five cents per mile.. “The rules of practice, pleading and J irocedure should he the same as those n the courts of common pleas and eneral sessions, and the appeal should to the Supreme Court; and. the clerk and other officers of the circuit court should be the officers of the coun ty court. The proseouting attorney should he elected by tee people of tee judf oounty, and tee judge also. I do not believe that the people will aiwajs elect the best men that offer for tbeee BRYAN AND CLEY^IND. UMTIHG ¥j positions, but I believe they will oome tel as near tott aa the Legislature or tbs delegation sent to the Lefflsletura from the county.” t THE CULTIVATION Or RICE. The Chief Obstacle to Growing Rios In the Up-Country Han Been Over come The Spartanburg Evening Star has asked Col. T. J. Moore, one of Spartan burg’s most successfn l farmers, why b e did not plant rice on his bottoms, and he replied teat the prlnoipar reason was the difficulty of getting it milled. He had the rice fever some years ago. and tried his hand* but did not succeed in getting a itand, and he then planted the land in corn. We asked him If he thought it could be grown successfully here. He replied no had no doubt about It. and there were hundreds ot the richest kind of bottom lands emi nently wdaptod to It, and fit for nothing else. He said he had been Investigat ing the cuhjeqt recently, and had even gone to Taylor’s station, between Greer’s and Greenville, to interview Mr. Alfred Toylor, who has grown rice and who owns a mill for cleaning It. Tbeea Lnndeta Hava $1x1 iter Acquisition. ^ ~ : T- Wm. Jennings Bryan addressed an immense nudlenoe at Springfield, 111., • few days ago. Touching tee ques tion |)f annexation, lb). Bryan galds "The party tent was willing to oppose the gold standard because it waa w rong ought to be good enough to oppose an English colonial system beoanso it is also wrong. It is astonlshlngtohet any man living In this age of ttn'world in the United States rnould uphold the Cotton: doe trine of securing land by cos quest. Blaine waa against it in 1890. And a year ago last Deoember the President year ago ' the Untied States sent a message to of Mr. Taylor told him ha bad been an wr* enthusiast on the subject all his life. The difficulty with him was cot that be could.pot raise the rice satisfactor ily, but in the matter of milling it. He had commenced in a small way, cleaning with mortar and pestle, then had put up twelve mortars in a row in a water mill, operating th# pestle by crank shaft. After wearing out his machinery he quit the business until he heard of a mill in Georgia which It was said could clean satisfactorily. He bought one and found It not a suc cess, and again quit the business. He Congress, and in teat massage be said: ‘I speak not of fqrclble annexation, be cause that is not to be thought of; and under our code of morality that would be criminal aggression,’ My friends, there is.a great.moral question in volved, declared so by your President; a code of morality la in question, and according to that coda, forcible annex ation Is oriminal aggression. "I any, give independence to the peo ple of Cuba, not because we promised It them, but because they fought for it and Jiave a right to it whether wa promised II or not. Why can not we apply tee same principle to tee Philip pines? Why should we purchase V title to the Philippines from Spain ? that St ' We declared that Spain did not have any title to Cube. When I buy tee Filipinos 1 went to deal directly with them and I want to pay more than $2.50 apiece for them.” Ex-President Cleveland, in reply to organizations, and them too often jealousies that hi the request of a representative of the the Associated Press (or an expression on the question of expansion and an nexation, has said: " I do not care to repeat my views concerning the prevailing epidemic of whether tew farmers in | believe in the principle < Hon. They certainly do eland Us benefit*, or else act differently. By Jar the' numlier of men energy an engaged in the fanning, and teen is no i the State that can profit so uniting its forces for the i Vet every man stands for 1 then is scarcely any tooch even be* E a thoee who an Dearest nelghbote. one is 1 losing his own row, amt then is appannUy an utter lade of disposition to combine energies and activities in the promotion ef the gen eral welfare, when every at ordi- naty capacity is obliged to admit that then an many matte re upon which farmers tan help each other ' suiting and agreeing as to a line of action. The best Mad erf or ganization comes from the union ef the farmers in a neighborhood of town ship, and when then an a number of v clubs or alliances in the oounty, the ' natural outcome is to enlarge the tphen of work and combine the efforts ef the county. This m the ideal condition for farmers’ organizations, as it is tee ideal of all npoblicaB ln- ' stitutions, but it requires posh and. persistence to create and maintain sokh then creeps into little dissensions snd an unworthy of the igh calling <rf men who till the soil and breathe tee fresh, pun air ef heaven under the meet favorable cir cumstances that can surround and Meet and 0*4 —Only wfow -yean- suited to these progressive deys, It is a * matter of surprise to me that the re fusal of certain natives of our new pos sessions to acquiesee in the benefioepce of subjecting them to our control and aianagement should in the least dis turb our expansionists. "This phase of the situation ought not to have been unanticipated,, aor the IncldMts naturally growing out of it overlooked. The remedy is obviena and simple. The" tfilguided inhabi tants of our annexed territory who pre fer something different from the plan for their control which.we propose or who oppose our designs in their behalf be si ‘ “ should be slaughtered. The killing of natives has been a feature of expaaelon since expansion began, sad our Impe rialistic enthusiasm should not be checked by the prospective necessity of destroying n few thousand or a few hundred thousand Filipinos. 'This should only he regarded one stage in a transoepdantally great movement, a mere InoideQt In its pro gress. Of course some/unprei sotila would be lost before ws bSa .tee opportunity of Christianizing them, but surely those of Our clergymen who , - 4 tb vigorous, aggressive alliance in almost every township of the State, and while we are not concerned just now the reasons for the decline of valuable association of the the fact remains that there are only a few communities in the State where the Alliance is in a proeperons end effective condition. It was a hercu- lean task to organize the farmer# when jt waa done eight or ten yean ago, and there Was much incentive in the politi cal atmosphere of that day, which aided greatly in bringing about the co hesion with which the farmera’ forces were directed against evils and oppres sions of which they jnatly complained. It may not be possible to revtff and recreate such a powerful organization at this time, but this Mate erf tidOB# ought not to deter those interested from attempting to produce a partial co-operation in this State. The term ers of Marlboro have bit the nail on •A»$h with a Cential Alliance, which includes seen from every section of the t » and ninety -one bushel* pane ion could manage t hat dlOouriy^ yielded eighty respectively. When asked about the danger from overflows he pointedAut patch on the river, which had beeo overflowed several times whils grow ing, and was completely submerged once when in full heal, with no serious consequences bo fares he could see In (act, said he, you want water, and THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW. •per Knocks at Palace and the plenty of It, which fact will appear when it Is considered that in the low country the first thing they do after putting the seed in the ground is to cover the field twelve inches deep in water for seven to ten days, then dry off, then put on water again, completely covering the rice, and when it grows out so as to make the surface green, to draw it off; then after some dry growth, the long water is put on—which means tb sayADst tea field la flooded about twelve or eigh teen inches deep for sixty days—after which it is dried off and hafvested. It is CoL MDore’s opinion, if it take* that much water, that we need not fear freshets and rains, and. one would be perfectly safe in trying a patch of low, wet ground subject to overflow. He □leans to try his hand in fi small way this year to demonstrate further the feasibility of its successful culture, He sayw It Is easier to get the water on his and than it is to ditch it, so as to dry fbr corn. Quite a number of men in his neighborhood will"dtahT an acre, the Doors of the Hut Alike. Life and death are great mysteries. The unexpectedness of death, and the singular incidents leading to It are curiously revealed in the following statement: An intimate of the late Calvin 8. Brloe tells a story connected with the last days of that financier’* life that reads like a romance. .Less than a year ago Brice’s confidential man died. A careful Inventory made by Brice of his securities showed that almost all—mil lions in amount were missing. He feared they were losrortrypdthe , he knew not where or foe. what. Con sequently he* waa in n frame of mind. It did not tend to restore his equanU mity when he was informed by an in surance company with which he was seeking to renew his Insurance and take out a larger policy that they de- cllpnd the risk, their surgeon reporting that the financier was a victim of Bright’s disease. -- ' One day toon after he received this informatlDA Brice received an intima tion that led him to believe that his deceased clerk bad made uoe of a box ip an out of the way safe deposit ate found in their i owner* of farming or as fonnsn actively engaged in tit* pursuit them selves. This is an effort to wunbfo* all forces that an willing to work for tha farmer’s interest, and because a man la ehgaged also in other lines of ‘-arfnnee this will not debar him from joining the Central Alliance. One bundled intelligent, progressive men in even county of the State, who would labor unselfishly for the promotion of tha [eneral good, can accomplish a great leal by coining together once a or even quarterly consider —ft modes and methods as are thnsteitj to be beneficial to the * * ‘ ^ ' v objects in view. the equnty tion, and steering clear of political hacks and office-hunters they can per fect the organization of a Central Am. auce very readily. What county will be the next to fall into line on this movement? )ut it In buy a mill and p Moore’s this fall. He esya the trouble itb the tenant who owns his own h rse, or mule or oows, is that fei Is generally short 'on long forage, whidb the rice straw would correct. Some* parties who have-raised It think that it would pay to grow^ it tor the straw alone. ' The Seaboard Air Line —The re port oonoeraing the proposed purchase of the Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad company, parent corporation of the Seaboard Air Line system, is officially confirmed. The syndicate which has bid, for the property is composed of Baittmore, Richmond and New York capitalists. John Skelton Wllilamej president of the Georgia and Alabama Railroad company, ie the moving spirit in the transaction, and it is understood that he will be president of the com pany when control Is transferred to the syndicate. The price agreed upon it $200 n share, which is $75 a share more than was offered for a controlling in- tereat In the property two yeare ago by Thomas F. Ryan. A member of the syndicate says that it la the Intention of the new owners to continue the company as an inde pendent system, though he admitted that a line might nltlmately be built from Amenta, the Seaboard’s Southern terminus, to Montgomery, where con nection would be made with the Geor gia and Alabama. The'dlstanoe be tween these points isT75 miles. This would make a through line from Washington to Jacksonville. operation atfflfted a load from the finanoier’a mind. Returning to hit office he was met by a high official ot the insurance com pany, who stated that bis (Brice's) ap plication had in some unknown wn; become mixed up with others filed the same day, with tha result that the wrong report was attributed to Brioe. The real report of the physician on Brice, the official of the insurance company said, showed that the finan cier was physically sound as a newiy- mloted dollar. The insurance official stated his compbny's desire that Brioe —Gen. Wheeler carries a handsome old watch which he picked uy at San It evidently belonged tea Span iard, but the owner oouid-never be dis covered. 5; teat institution die many acre*. IT~en6u#h 'men wJQlim teat institution disclosed a vast quhn- *«•» *ne nnaiva u into the busioeM-to-justify it, be w?i) tity of gHt-sdged securities, a ftnu that *"** for foal as the lit '.a # *. i ft i _^_ft TI f^.1 ft. I***. A A mstf OT*I a*>4 WDlAVfe ftixWI 1 ItmtffiM#!4 vast qukn- should rsnew his policy and increase It Tbiath ‘ to any amount, increasing it oy 1 the financier did _ $250,000. The wave of good fortune funning at flood tide on one day so pleased and elated Brioe that he invited the insnranoe official, his own new secretary and one ox two others to the Waldorf-Astoria and, in celebration of hla good fortune enter tained them at a most eloborate dinner. On his way hame Mr. Brioe contracted the oold, culminating in pneumonia that sent him to hit grave. —The Briars near Millwood, Clarke County, Va., the old heme of John Eaton Cooks, the Sonthera novelist, has fallen into ruin, sad the rain has pour ed in through the broken panes of the study windows and- destroyed quanti ties of the writer’s oorresp )ndenoe with famous mea and ail his literary re mains. A traveller who visited the plaoe some little time ago rescued val uable autograph letters from “Jeh” Stuart, William G. Simms and Paul H. Bayne. —General Hear/ Douglass, who mewaU Jackson’s chief of Stone wall Jackson’s staff, is said to beaegiged to General Grant’s only daughter, Mrs. Nellie Grant 8ar- toris. This is tha beet way to renalte the country —The officials of the Rusk ttory at Fort Worth, Tax^ 1 the suooeaa of experiment* with I coal for fuel la making few days ago a TTllH fan •I tha paanetftiAty fod iron made which ocmm made which conclusively that the native lignite oOUdfilSi which the institution That there are large del in Texas is the bsst 1 wmmmm —CoL Charles Marshall, a i»m» gAltimore, I* writing a htoVo#? Robert E. Lee, upon whose * 4 -* *• arranged the terms of surronderUt Appomattox. —The Grand Army men ara mm MeK.ln.sy s proposition oonoeraing the care of the Confederate soldiecTaSteMT A third of the members of the U a. Grant Post la New York votedawidMX endorsing McKinley’s Atlanta 1 few day* agp. Y#—** — t -X ~ — A —jr resident Christmas 1 —Don’t talk about t Ifreia* at a gnit: yon don’t Ilka swallow one yourself. —There were a quarter of a SSSMSE “ rtk - -Professor Alexander Graham Bell. —A girl la usually If a man has n Others have bee* _ WAjSy&fui your Rheumatism or N< pain. Rub it out with It will do it suxs. . -J >*»> > • .v V. ^ 4 *4 4-* - - 1. —Some mea are willing to for everything except their